NEWS

Bruna Porto PhD Defense

November 5, 2021

LSRE-LCM congratulates Bruna Porto for her PhD thesis defense approved by the jury.

Bruna finished her Doctoral Program in Chemical Engineering, at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brasil, with the PhD thesis entitled Microalgal biomass production and nutrients removal from industrial wastewaters using different culture systems supervised by Professors Selene Ulson de Souza and Antônio Ulson de Souza (UFSC) and Doctor Vitor Vilar. Bruna was a PhD sandwich at LSRE-LCM between October 2018 and October 2019.

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM wish Bruna success for the new professional stage that now begins!

WaterTOP COST Action Core Group Meeting

October 25-28, 2021

A COST Action WaterTOP Core Group Meeting (www.watertopnet.eu), held on October 25-28, 2021, was hosted by Rita Lado in Porto. The agenda included the following topics:

  • Analysis and monitoring of water Taste & Odour, from GC-MS to sensors;
  • Water treatment to remove T&O;
  • Development of T&O compound databases for labs and water managers;
  • Sensory analysis and further development of the “Water Taste & Odor Wheel” as a web-page app.

The opening and welcome session counted with the presence of Prof. Arminda Alves on behalf of ALiCEA total of 26 participants from Portugal, Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Romania, Turkey, Norway, and Israel, attended the meeting. Many other colleagues from several countries have also participated in the meeting (virtually) and attended the plenary sessions by Zoom (sessions can be found in the WaterTOP YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbJxkuaw8jnsQOPbHhfdUSg)

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

J.L. Figueiredo. A Relevância da Indústria Química e o seu Contributo para a Sociedade. Princípia Editora, Lda., Cascais, 2022

APPROVED PROJECTS

ERA-ARE - A new ERA for Environmental Risk Assessment: Chirality as a tool towards environmentally safe pharmaceuticals. Reference: ERC - 101039270. Funded by: European Comission, Horizon Europe | ERC | STARTING GRANTS. Starting Date: 2023/12/31. Duration: 60 months.
F-CAT - A catalytic tool for the defluorination of PFAS in drinking water into degradable organics. Reference: 2022.03874.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.
STAR - STereoselective environmental processes in Antibiotics: role for Resistance. Reference: 2022.02842.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.
DRopH2O - Drinking water quality: early warning and removal of microcontaminants by innovative carbon-based materials. Reference: 2022.08738.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.
SuN2Fuel - Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels. Reference: 2022.04682.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 36 months.
CO2-to-CH4 - Cutting-edge solar-to-heat technology to foster photo-thermocatalytic CO2 methanation towards a climate-neutral economy. Reference: 2022.01176.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.
H2O-3DCapture - Water harvesting – sustainable solution based on a gas-adsorption process using innovative 3D-printed hybrid materials. Reference: 2022.01973.PTDC. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, . Starting Date: 2023/03/01. Duration: 18 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

André Tiago Torres Pinto
Optimised 2D Carbon Materials Activated by Artificial Light and Electrical Current for Catalytic Water and Wastewater Treatment
Larissa Oliveira Paulista
Solar-Driven Thermo-Photocatalytic CO2 Valorisation into Value-Added Fuels
Isabel Sousa Fernandes
Multiphase Flow in NETmix: mixing studies and applications
Rute Agostinha Gomes Seabra
Separation of light hydrocarbons by Simulated Moving Bed
Rafael Gomes Morais
Noble-metal free carbon-based materials for energy conversion
Pedro Henrique Presumido
Membrane Processes for Tertiary Treatment of Urban Wastewaters: Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor and Ozone Membrane Reactor